Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Retro Wednesday...




Do any of you remember these?
You clamp the clip to grounded metal, and slide the tip of the radio up and down to pick up local AM broadcasts. Over the years I replaced the small ear phone with a bigger ear piece.
Yes, I've had this since 1960, and of course it still works...
Peace...!!!

19 comments:

Serena said...

What?! That works? It looks like it should explode or orbit or something. Lord, Lord. It ain't retro, but I think I'll keep my handy-dandy AM/FM radio.:)

Mona said...

Galen Museum Unfoldeth once more! :D

That looks lika ac great stylish radio!!

Galen I saw a rider on a Harley Davidson today and I thought of you!

Mona said...

Galen Museum Unfoldeth once more! :D

That looks lika ac great stylish radio!!

Galen I saw a rider on a Harley Davidson today and I thought of you!

P11 said...

no i don't remember

jillie said...

I thought that that maybe was one BIG vibrator! LMAO.....

javajazz said...

do you use any of
this shit
or do you just
have it?

KB said...

Come and see me for an award!

Anonymous said...

That's a very cool-looking radio. But AM only? I can't even think when is the last time I listened to an AM station.

the walking man said...

Never saw one of those G...but I am curious, at what age did your ears get bigger where you needed a larger earpiece? Was the small on falling out?

lime said...

wild! i never heard of that one. seems vaguely phallic and what with all that sliding up and down....

buffalodick said...

Never heard of one- sort of looks a prototype vibrator...

Shadow said...

you ask the weirdest questions, have the weirdest things, yip, i like you! p.s. nope, don't know it, and i'm sure it still works knowing you...

Perchpike said...

YES, of course I do. Try again. You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. But can't fool me.

Cazzie!!! said...

That is one awesome radio man! My boys DIG IT!

P11 said...

cool! :)

Akelamalu said...

I've never seen those before, maybe they didn't reach this side of the pond. :)

Lulda Casadaga said...

I guess you had to be a "geek" back then, because I never saw them. But I love old radio's...I have a few old portables...ummm, might have to gather them up and take a pic! I'm also an "am talk show" freak... ;)

G-Man said...

Thanks everyone for visiting The G-Man.
I got home late tonight...
I did a little celebrating after visiting the tax man. You'll be reading about it soon....G

JihadGene said...

I remember! Way cool!